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Gale In Context: High School

Gale In Context: High School is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on a wide array of subjects. The solution merges Gale's authoritative and continuously updated reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience

Gale Content Level Guide
The Lexile® Framework for Reading is a well-known system that matches readers to texts appropriate to their reading skills. It assesses a text’s difficulty based on factors like word frequency and sentence length. Individual readers have their own range of Lexile® scores appropriate to their abilities. Higher Lexile® numbers indicate increasingly complex texts suitable for increasingly advanced readers. For more information, visit the Lexile® website at https://www.Lexile.com.
Lexile® Measures are assigned by MetaMetrics®, and are available on reference, magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles in Gale In Context resources.

Tutorials

Topic Pages
This tutorial shows you how to use topic pages within Gale In Context: High School to research topics across all major subject areas.
Downloading and Sending to Google Drive and OneDrive
This tutorial shows you how to download results or use the Send to tool to add documents to Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive from many Gale resources.
Citing Material from Gale
This tutorial shows you how to use Citation Tools found in many Gale resources to simplify the research process.
Permalinks
This tutorial shows you how to use the Get Link tool found in many Gale resources to create persistent links back to documents, searches, and more.
Highlights and Notes
This tutorial shows you how to use Highlights and Notes to keep track of key concepts and document sections within many Gale resources.
Topic Finder
This tutorial shows you how to use the Topic Finder found in many Gale resources to analyze search results and create a unique research topic.
Narrowing Your Research Topic
This tutorial shares strategies for narrowing wide research topics, and using advanced search features to pinpoint documents within your Gale In Context resources.
When You Need a Research Topic
This tutorial highlights some quick techniques for developing a research topic with the help of your Gale In Context resources.
Why use your library's Gale resources?
This video highlights some of the reasons students should use the library and Gale resources.

Printable Tools

Resource Guide
Gale In Context: High School makes it easy to explore class topics, and find sources for your assignments that are sure to impress. Videos, articles from premium publications, encyclopdia entries, primary sources, and more allow you investigate everything from social studies and science to literature and history in one easy-to-use resource. Finish your homework faster than ever with trusted information and innovative research tools in Gale In Context: High School.
Gale Content Level Guide
The Lexile® Framework for Reading is a well-known system that matches readers to texts appropriate to their reading skills. It assesses a text’s difficulty based on factors like word frequency and sentence length. Individual readers have their own range of Lexile® scores appropriate to their abilities. Higher Lexile® numbers indicate increasingly complex texts suitable for increasingly advanced readers. For more information, visit the Lexile® website at https://www.Lexile.com.
Lexile® Measures are assigned by MetaMetrics®, and are available on reference, magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles in Gale In Context resources.
How to Copy Permalinks for Gale Content
Use this guide to show students how to copy permanent links to articles so that they can always return to the same content.

Webinars

Upcoming Webinars:

April 02, 2020, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM (EST) Online Learning Tools Within your Gale Resources for K12 Schools
Register by clicking on the link above!

Recorded Webinars:

Recorded Webinar: Gale Enhancements
Gale In Context resources are receiving interface enhancements designed to increase access to library resources and have a greater impact on user success. (Learn more about these enhancements here: https://www.gale.com/product-enhancements.) In this webinar, we'll share what's changing with Gale In Context: Biography (previously Biography In Context), Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints (previously Opposing Viewpoints In Context), and other popular Gale In Context resources and how these improvements will help users research smarter, not harder.
Gale In Context: High School Webinar

Lessons and Activities

Literary Award Nomination Speech Lesson Plan (Gr. 9-12)
Each student will research an influential American author. The student will design an award for that author, and will write and present a speech in which he or she nominates the author for the award.
High School Women's Suffrage Project Pack
Use Gale In Context: High School to learn about the women who fought in the 72 year long battle for women’s suffrage in the United States.
High School Women's Suffrage Timeline
Use Gale In Context: High School to research key events and individuals in the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States. Fill in the timeline and cite your sources.
High School Ancient Greece Scavenger Hunt
Use Gale In Context: High School to find answers to questions about Ancient Greece. Write your answer and the source for the information in the spaces provided below.
High School Ancient Greece Scavenger Hunt: ANSWERS